The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-24 00:00:00

kONEv MARKET AND COIIXERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Affair s CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: Icgiata continue quiet is discount circles. The 4 14 of the public must either be exceedingly th e ell °?' e l" they are keeping their bills back in rates , ° ,1 )(5 of gettin g th em nego ti a t e d a t c heaper d a ,,, ue fore many d a y s are over . Th e d ema nd to or Monetary assistance has been less than e:. ree ent average, which has been very restricted. b P i t 4l , however, is abundant, but the quotations let 'continuo at i y per cent. for three months' 'OPsr. ca T he failu re h as b een reported o f Ylessrs Ford, Re ri6 ) and Curtis, ship provision merchants and pr e ue : 4l 2111 PPers, of the Minoriss. So far as can at b„ —n t be estim a t e d, the liabilities are £l OO , OOO , ' nothi ng o f an authent i c c h arac t e r is 'stated beat the as se t s . l 10:ir James D. Th omso n (Messrs. Thomson, Wet tool and Co., St. Peter's-chambers, Cornhill, of the E uropean Bau k , an d M r J. W. Holland, i lr eofor o f the Provincial B ang i ng Corporatien, ati l" ' e loined the b oar d of the Aberaman (late Craw 014371hilev's) Iron Works. More than the entire Pital has been applied for. Ac counts from Constantinople to the 1 3 th inst. e t , Dn ' a that the Government has abandoned the pro it," new issue of Consolidee. The Serghis of 10 which carried 6 per cent. interest, and 20 per sinking fund, are to be converted into Schims fu nd. 5 per cent. interest, without any sinking -tit i. The " Schim , ' is a Treasury debt, and the "Ns are merely certificates, having no resemblance Whatever to those of the Consoli les. A t Blight downward tendency took place in the .• kV), exchange yesterday afternoon, Two O'CLOCK. ', T he English Stock Market, after recovering the } ; a etional d e p rec i a ti on which occurred yesterday,' 3 Continued to present a firm aspect. The 1,4 8 : 1 1:18 have been well maintained, Consols being, I - I ,' 89 for money, and 891 for the account. New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 88} ; ; i o „ c hequer Bill s , 25 3 . to 153. ; India 5 per Cents., ', 3 4 . 1 04} ; and the Bonds, 153. die. Spanish Securities continue to attract chief at. ""° 2 in the Foreign Market, where there is more 1141taation. T ur ki s h 6 per C ents ., 1862, are 70} ; 2 ° 6, Cohsolides, ; Mexican, 28a ; do. New, c Greek, 23} ; Spanish Passive, 30i ; do. :rtifteates, 13-r2- ' • and the Confederate Loan, 401 s I°9l th e Railway Share Market a firmer tone has t et - ; all ed, and pric es gener ally show an upward , C el le3'. Great Northern A stock, North jo e "n, and South Eastern have each improved Br Great W estern, L ancas hi re and Yorkshire, c h i g h tea and Midland each 53. ; while London, d er , ! ha m, and Dov er an d S o uth Western have each The .IvitioForeign and Colonial lines continue inactive • 13 ,. li t any mat er i a l c h ange in values. and '•ak and Illi icellaneous Shares have b een d ull ~r , Pr i ces hav e rema i ne d w i t h ou t c h ange o f i m - t o Zee• Alliance Bank, however, have improved are I; London En g ineering Company shares cueted Ito 2 prem. ; Maritime Credit, 1,1, 24 Prem,; an d Natal Investment, } to 1 prem. a - ' q,z aN IRITIBII FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ATEXT FUNDS.' qtr Cent. Consols Nei°433o, Aug. 8 °e ta. Reduced New 3 per Cent mew q, IN 'I Per Cent. Jan. 1894 4 . ,.,.. 6 per Cent., Jan. 1873 0 .-- t'alities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., ° for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885... ° (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 4 0 , 1908... 11 — larch, June. 1- "Noller Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per Cent. 21. 15 26 b e...Do £5OO t EL ''' ,P ° £lOO and £200 -- Zupland St e, 5i per Cl. 1) . ° Account %, . 14la . 'Ali GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.L t-,, Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 2lO 12 o Account D 3 6 Per Cent. July, 1870 keccunt 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 -- , 1 \ 1)0 Certificates Do ' , .01I.llt /\ ° 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) D°-1° 41 pet Cent — k; ulaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 1 ) ° 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 — b°y 5 1 Per Cent,, May, 1879 — h 4 Per Cent., Aug. 1866 ''° Ronds£loo D 0 uz.der £1,000 ttletri a „ I P OI!EIGIN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Qs , ;,---- Fonds , 5 per Cent — : 4 1w:I 5 per Cent ' I 4 4 per Cent., 1852-58-60 ,11,, ezio lie 1863 .. 8o ‘ Q in . 4 Ayres 6 p er C ent 1 ) 1 ° 11 6 per C ent. te a l °4 i per Cent o,4l,:tubian 6 per Cent bo a, 6 per Cent. t o 5 per C ent, 1864 jj 4 10 1' New , 1 er b ek °, Provisonal Land Consolidated Warranpt..Cent -- 11 3 per Cent. 1825 E per Cent, ' lB6l 7 . Ptian 7 per cent lO2l o r )°, Second Issue - (l ee k 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — 1 ; 0 Account I) "` - ' 0 Coupons , t i ) Account," . °a rs ternala 5 per Cent. hug 1839 nd 1859 " l if ti 5 • er a Cent.(lareininana Itailway) 72 d L ekleati 3 per Cent .... 4 ' Accoun` ~, Do 1864 -1-1 1 , 0 French S cr ip, E x 251 20c — ."° 6 per Cenr. Anglo-French Icitto Scripe si?°=i: ,, h imperial a per Cent e„,vi' Granada .. — u„ s o 2 per Cent. '-',O Deferred '"„ 0 Land 'W arrants (H ec t ares ) — 4).0 Del' entures, 4 por Ct., April 1864 — pen, J./.) do . Aug., 1866. ••• -"' i:43. 41 per Cent — -3 d per Cent. (Uribarren) .. — 1)0 4 i Per Cent., 1862 p D® Account 7,‘ - r•guese 3 per Cent., 1853 - ,. ‘ "t. Account — 3 13 ° p er 47 Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 — :I) 4 0 Account i i ttssian 5 per C en t, 1822, £ St — D° 41 -D o per Cent., 1860 .. 811 1860 D 0 3 per Cent 1859 uo 5 per Cent, 1862 BBl 7l Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrili, £4O paid 'Etrzlinius. b per Cent .... h 1)o A..:couiat Panist, 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account ~,, 31 30 11 311 Do l'assite 1 N tillo Acco int , "P h ,attish C art. of Coup not funded — is Do Account I° ,,edisn, 4 per Cent I'laj° Sc tip, £6O paid —pm • -rit ishL 6 Der Cent. 1854 b 0 ' t — itb Accoun _„ 1 ° 6 Per Cent. Ina o 72i i t , -0 Amount .............. ' - ' b o £1 ou Bonds ........ 1-° 6 Cont. 1862 345 per Account ..... .............. jj. ° £lOO Bonds - r Do 1863 : /0 G uaratteed, 4 per Cent. ... .. per Cent... . . . . . —.... r ehezu e l a 3 ..... o . .... 1 , Account ........................... ...... Do 6 per Cent., 1862 i-,-)° Account .................... 101 1 dis + l O Scrip £45 paid ............... .. London Atistrian, 5 Dividends on the above payable in per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. -- 11 1,-) Account i 8 g° 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — -- ri el v 2 i per Ce n t Ex. 12 Gail 6lt Atait e = ~ Per Cent. Certificates n 4 4, 5 per Cent., 1861, E x . 25 f rancs — ~ 0 Account.... p re llett Itentom, 2 per C ent P i r 4 , via-ex Dollar Bonds, t., E4l per Ct. Ex. 4s. eravatese, 5 per Cenx. 2:5f ° lttßo TWO O'CLOCK, 1,- le Mon e y 'zketount..... -t) 14t:PI ALBERT INSTITUTE OF DUNDEE, --A. meet g• of the shareholders of the Albert Institute Com ;l4was held i n D un d ee on M on d a y, f or th e purpose of P:eying the plans prepared by Mr George Gilbert Scott the building ; Mr W. E. Baxter, M.P., in the chair. tea re port of the di re ctors recommendi ng th e a d option of " 4 Plans havin g b een rea d, Si r D av id E . B axter moved its op t ion, and in th e cou r s e of hi s remar k s stated that he • prepar e d t o g i ve £3,000 an d an a ddi tional subscription, taecrder to eadet in having the building erected according 3 S cott's pl an , whi c h w ill i nvo l ve a greater c-st than di P rectors et first contemplated. Th e neo ti on approving, the , 4 `b ang was unazirnscAy car:ied, and it, is expected that &'o as ba commenced shortly, ISHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOIkS. hare Railways. ,5.14.' Wol., and Str. Val, Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Bleat.,andMid.Uo Bristol and Exeter ICaledonian leork and Bandon Ootnwail. Do A I A g - ett3 no div D o. B tillspe.p an.hah been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glaegow. tti lug. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. sth Ditto A stork DIM) East A nglian at GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern.. •... • • Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of IGreat Yireatcrn ...... 11/o Sir Val gua. et 0.21, Lane:white & Yorkshire London and Blackwal Lon., Brlght.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Norf - h Western Lon. & So•gth Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle Do # sharea Metropolitan Midland Do NevY Do Dlrming. & Derby (It. W. of Ireland Do. i shares - Xlid Ker t .., Do Cray Line North British .2, lEdin., Perth, Sc Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwio6 Do, G.N.E. purchast Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle iNorth London Do New North Staffordshire .. N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central iScot ti. E., Aber. stook Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpoo: !Shropshire Union ;South Devon :South Eastern ISouth Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton it Darlington [9.15.1 Do Do New, 185 G Taff Vale.. . Do B D 3 C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Piro Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool HarAR West Midland —Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford Closing BusinesE Paid. Price. done. 86 *8 126 127 6 7 32 24 16 17 89 91 112 114 47 tiB 132 131 16 148 131 in cO 12 04) 7J 1161 1171, C 6 68 10e tO3 40 42 1161 2171 98 64} <5l I'2 113 136 1361 471 7 69a 70k 117 IC2$ 402 1 1163 : 17 181 AS 65 1361 7 10S 7 1051 64# 931 it 89 82 107 10 154 i 65i 254 466 103 1C64 64 66 93 94 126 129 76 78 104 11 125 130 39 41 67 59 °5 E 7 Eitii 'lOl 103 7 8 375 385 105 115 8 9 165 170 6 7 t 1 3 101 103 31 30 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing ,b ark, Hallways 100 It!antic Lawrenc , all 68 60 8k I Bom.,Baroda&.Centlno Gu. 5 per 'Rat... boy 101 102 101 f 20 Do. New .• 8 20 DO. E. Shares. 201 Banal() and Latte Huron all a 5.1 10 Do. Preleranee . all 75 84 11 . 100 t 0 75 80 Aug.A 0 p. et. bds. l, 16% 100 Do. do. July 1, 187:1 100 75 SO 100 Do. do. Jitue 1,187 i 100 75 80 st Cleutta.& S.Eastn. (Lin, 100 97 99 99 st Cape Town & Dock Soil 100 94 96 stock Eastn. Bengal go. Ip. , 100 102 104 stook I,:s.st Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 101 102 1011 f 20 Do. do. (4 Est lO 104 10i 20 Do. do. 11 do. •• 1)4 204 191 stock Grand Trunk of Canada tee 19 2 ) 10 100 Do. Ist I'ref. Bonds all 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred all 60 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus— all 65 67 100 Do. do. deferred all 55 57 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock 1 00 Do. do. deferred.— all 43 15 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 26 28 stook 0 tlndia Penin.gua.sp.c 100 182 103 1024 3 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0 l2 par 41 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 99 101 204 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer. all 91 94 9f I 204 Do. New ..... .. . 1 8 11 4 11 ; 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 89 91 100 Do. s}p. c. do. '77-8.. •. all 82 81 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4 d fo stook Madras. guar., 5p.0. •. 100 99f 1005 stook Do. if p. o. Extension 100 93 95 stook De, 41 d 0....— 100 93 02 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stook Nielb.Corp. 6p. c. Bnds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all CO 62 100 Do. 7p. C. Mortg. Bds. all 10 Newßr onswick Cando Class A. and B. all 3 5 N.ltl.C'dao p 0 let St bds 100 82 84 stock Sande (100 1004 1015 1004 stock Do. Delhi lOO 996 1001 tO Do. do . . i 2 Id par at Do. Puujaub 1 all 84 100 4 Do. Do. ........ , , stock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 000 94 96 ,95 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - Can.Gon. 6 p.c.Ja. J ul) --1877-84 100 96 99 Do. p. c. Feb. lz * Aug. 100 96 99 964 Do. 6p. Sept. 100 98 102 100 I Do. 6p. c. Jan.&July. 101 84 86 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 84 86 Cape G.llope, 6 p c,1873 100 104 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 159 e 100 1(.8 110 1095 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 106 103 ,Ceylon, N0v.1878, p c 100 110 112 (Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 103 105 1034 3 ;Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 1 , 4 107 , N.B.Gov. 6 p.a..) a.&Jul3 100 87 100 I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. VV. Gov. 5 p c.,lBit 100 96 £8 Do. sp. c.,18/.1. to 157( 100 96 98 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 06 98 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 99 102 ' Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 101 104 18.Aus G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 105 107 I Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - IDo. io t p.a. An.&Oct.. 100 109 110 1091 BRITISH MINES. 2 k.;ambrian Consol. Gold 1 id uliflord Amalgamated 80 32 Devon G. Cone.(T avist ) 1 580 600 585 7} East Bassett (Illegan) SO €8 70 •••••.! East Clogau Gold Ltd - East Caradon ' 0 14.5 27. 28} 'al East Cana Brea 3.4.0 8 8i F. WI Russel (I' avistk ) 8.13.0 5 Si - ,Go.m.,ltStAuhyn(Gwell ; 581 5 7 - Great South 'feigns.— 17s 2 25 25 - Wheal Vor(ifelston, 40 27 29 28k I Ilierc,d's-Foot ...... 8.12 48 40 385 Eiingeton Downs 4.18.0 31 45 Lady Bertha Margaret (Coy Lelanr, 8 10 Alarke Valley. 4 )lyndy iron Oro (Lim 24 1/ / New Seton lOl 75 85 • North Downs 3 15 11 'Agee t(11logan, 3.1.0 21 3 North Wheal Crotty - ear ConsolsOSt. Blaney; - ,I'rovidence( tiny Lelnt.; 10.0.; 4 9 42 — . ! i ou thC a radon(St.Cleer 11 480 500 13. Cam Brea (I Hogan). • I ~ ..Wheal Fran. (Illovai I 5.V.2 425 471 ;Stray Park - ! Tamar Sil v.& Lead Min. fin Croft 9 18 19 19 West Basset 15 9 10 W Cr radon (Liskeard) 9 12 14 West Seton Whev,l Basset (Mogan) ti.„ 92 85 Wheal Buller (itedrutli) 10 SO 23 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLuckott !Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 14 15 Wheal Beton 585 210 215 Wheal Trelawney (Lis ) 7 19 21 I Wheal Union ! 4 14 2 giurt Iritithlr HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, August 23. The Queer, drove out in the morning of yester day, and again in the afternoon. The Prince and Princess of Wales. On Thursday the Prince and Princess of Wales went deer-stalking in the Glen of Gelden, above Balmoral, and was successral in bringing down two very fine stags. Lord Hamilton and M jor Tees dale went grouse shooting, and had excellent sport. At two o'clock they had only bagged 11 brace, but before they came home in the evening they had killed 55 brace, 4 brace of hares, and a snipe. The Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Princess Mary of Cambridge, drove to the Falls of Guarawalt, by Balmoral, took luncheon at the falls, and drove from thence round by Invercauld, and returned home by the road north of the river Dee. In the evening the deer were shown to the Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Mary of Cambridge, &c., by the usual way—the torchlight—Peter Robertson playing the pipee, when four of the stal wart ghillies, each with a torch, tripped the light fantastic toe, the prince, Lord Hamilton, Major 'reesdale, and others heartily joining in. The prince and. Major Teesdale wore kilts. His royal high ness looked remarkably well, and seemed to gratify the people by his appearance outside amongst them. On Friday the Prince and Princess of Wales and suite remained at home, with the Exception of a ride out in the afternoon. A. ball took place in the evening, and invitations were issued on a very ex • tensive scale. There were, besides the ladies and gentlemen of the prince's suite, Colonel Farquhar son of Invercauld, Lieutenant Phipps and the Hon. Albert Phipps, Dr. Robertson, Mr. J. Begg, Lochs nagar, and party, besides many of the tenantry on the estate of Balmoral and Abergeldie. The music was conducted by the Messrs. Blair and Thomson. Peter Robinso❑ having opened the ball with a spring on the pipes, the dancing was kept up with strathspey, reel, country dance and jigs until a late hoar in the morning ; the Princ© and Princess of Wales, as also the Princess Mary of Cambridge, and the other members of the royal party joining heartily in the enjoyments. The prince, with his usual grace and condescension, mingled freely with the company, and danced frequently with his own servants, choosing his partners from amongst them. The whole proceedings went off with spirit, and to the satisfaction of all present.—Dundee Advertiser. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne and sons are not expected to return to Bowood - park from Ire land before the middle of next month. The Marquis and Marchioness of Drogheda, according to letters received in town yesterday, were on a cruise in the Mediterranean, and had just arrived at Malta from Algiers. They prooseded to Algiers direct hem Queenstown. The Earl of Listowell was to leave his seat in Ireland in the early pact of this week for a tour of visits. The Earl of Powis and the lion. Robert C. Her• but have arrived at his lordship's shooting-box at Llymyn stun from Powis Castle, and have hitherto had excellent sport at grouse shooting. The Earl and Countess De Grey, accompanied by the youthful Viscount Goderich, purpose to leave Carlton Gardens to-day for their seat Studley Royal, near Ripon, where the noble lord will pass a few weeks for relaxation from official labour. The Countess Polllett has left her residence in Hanover-square for Raby Castle, where her ladyship will remain on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland. The Count and Countess Einsiedel and family have arrived at Long's Hotel. Viscount Palmerston, accompanied by the Right Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., left town yesterday for Tiverton. Viscountess Palmerston left Cambridge House yesterday for Brockett Hall, Herts. Count Maffet has returned to town from visiting the Earl and Countess Russell at Woburn Abbey, the seat of the Dake of Bedford. By the express command of her Majesty, Lady Lyndhurst has had a residence assigned to her to: life at Hampton Court Palace. Lord Polwarth is at present residing at Mertoun House. St. Boswell's, Rozburghshiro. Lord and Lady Binning and family are now residing at Meßerstein House, Kelso. r.REFERENCE SHARES. London, Chatham, and Dover 5 pdr cent. pref.,96 Mid .Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 123 North;Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 901 North Staffordshire, 22 if 2 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 46 per cent. pf., Ditto, 5 pa cent pf., 61 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francieco klim.) gua. 7 per cent., 151 BANKS. Agra and Mnterman's (Ern.). Ditto, issued at 30 pm., of which 15 is pd., 40 Albion, 5g L Alliance 6I Bank of British Columbia, 10} Bank of Egypt,:27ll Bank of London. 165 41 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 37 Continental, lira., 16k English, Seo 4 ch, and Australian Chartered, 20. Imperial Bank (lira.). 3 5 Imperial Bank of aina, India,:and Japan, lira., 61. Imperial Ottoman, 17 London and estminster, 97 Merchant Bank, Um 28 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., 25} Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lira., 12i South Eastern, Bin., 10 Union of London„sli 2 MISCELLANEOIJ& Commercial Union, Insurance, 8* Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., 3i IL glish and Australian Copper, 1* Fore-street Warehouse, lim., Gen. Credit and Finance of London, llnz, 6i 7 Ilumber Iron Works, 2} Imperi .1 Mercantile Credit A sso., lim., 811 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 6A 7 London Financial Association, lim., Smith, Knight, and Co., lim., 5* Course of Exchange,---Yesterday, Amsterdam Dit' o Rotterdam — 12 1 Antwerp -••— 25 67k Brussels — 25 67 lima:n.o Paris ... Ditto Marseilles .. — 25 65 Frankfort on Mains —120 k Vienna Trieste Petereburgh ........ —30 i Berlin .............. Madrid Cadiz ........ Legh0rn............ Mil an ... . .......... Genoa • .......... N:•Ples ............ r , ale I m o Me t. , 1.1),a boa 25 72i 25 72i 13 9i 25 30 25 70 25 72! 1201 11 S 5 11 85 301 47. 1 1 47i - 4S 2:5 75 2 82i 25 771 25 821 25 74, 25 82! 25 77, 1 25 82 25 771 25 S‘/ 25 77 25 82 51 51! THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1804. Tremendous Conflagration at lloxton. This (Wednesday) morning, about 3 o'clock, the inhabi tants of Hoxton-square were aroused from their slumbers by a loud cry of fire and the springing of policemen's rattles. In the course of a few minutes it was aseertaineel that the extensive range of premises. belonging to Mr J. Austin, patent line manufacturer, forming 1 and 2, George'e Buildings, and 14, Hoxton-square, were in flames. The Royal Society's escapes and the engines of the parish, with those of the London Brigade and three of Shand and Mason's land steamers, were quickly in attendence ; but the flames had previously obtained too firm a hold to be easily extinguished, and in less than half an hour from the time the discovery was made, two warehouses in George's buildings, and one in Hoxton-square, three storeys high, 90 feet long, and 42 feet wire, presented a general mass of flame. Great fears were then apprehended for the safety of the premises belonging to Mr G. Simp son, fancy box maker, No. 15, Hoxton-square, as well as those of G. Morris, No.lo, Royal Oak-walk, Pitfield-street, the sides and windows being already on fire. Under the direction of Mr Bridges, the foreman of the A district, and a powerful body of officers and firemen, the engines were set to work from anabundanee of the New River Company's water:; but in spite of the three land steamers throwing each from 200 to 250 gallons of water per minute, at a working pressure of 80 to 100 lbs. on the equate inch, the fire at one time threatened to annihilate every building near. The next and important thing sought to be accomplished by the brigade was to prevent the flames from consuming the surrounding property, and for that purpose the hose from the land steamers were so stretched out that the flames could be attacked at the four points, and that expedient was happily crowned with sue cese, but the main body of flame in the three spacious warehouses continued to rise high into the air, and, although daybreak, the reflection could be seen from the Metropolitan bridge, whilst showers of sparks and large pieces of burn ing materials were drifted by the high wind over the entire district. By strenuous exertions on the part of the firemen the flames began to succumb and palpably diminish, and after the lapse of three hours they were extinguished. The total damage must be considerable for the three warehouses before attended to were all but destroyed, and the ground floor of another one in the rear, but all communicating were consumed. The premises of Mr Simpson and Mr Morris are also damaged by fire and water. The origin of the fire, or whether the property was insured or not, could not be ascertained, THE ►SYDNEY UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.—The Uni versity Library, Sydney, has been enriched by a present from the Queen. The Governor received by the mail a copy of the collected speeches of the Prince Consort, with an autograph from the Queen dedicating it to the Univer sity. His Excellency delivered this precious gift in person on the Ist of June, The Senate resolved, "That an address to her Majesty, expressive of their gratitude, should be pre pared by the Vice-Chancellor." The volume is bound in white vellum and gold, and stamped with the crest, motto, and name of the Prince Consort. In the first page are the following words written in the Queen's own hand :—" Pre sented to the Sydney University Library, in memory of her great and good husband, by his broken-hearted widow. Victoria R. 1864."• The book is to be preserved as a Royal gift, in a bcx of oak and lined with purple velvet. CRYSTAL PALACE. FORESTERS' FETE. The capabilities of the Crystal Palace were never more severely tested than yesterday. The great day of the Foresters usually attracts from 60,000 to 80,000 persons. As may be supposed, the exceedingly unfavourable weather yesterday (it rained heavily from daylight till nearly 4 p.m.) deterred many thousand persons from being present. Not withstanding this drawback, however, upwards of 46,000 persons visited the Palace, and as nearly the whole of those were congregated within the building it may be imagined that it required occasionally careful management to contro such a mass of persons. The weather was far too stormy to permit Mr Coxwell making his promised balloon ascent. To accommodate the many thousands Of visitors who had purchased tickets beforehand, and were unable to make use of them yesterday, the directors of the Crystal Palace and the Crystal Palace Committee of the London United Dis trict of th 3 Ancient Order of Foresters, and the Brighton Railway Company, have concurred in allowing Foresters' tickets for yesterday being available on Monday next, the 29th August, on which day the Mc of the London Gym nastic Society, the French excursion, Mr Coxwell's balloon ascent, and other entertainments will also take place. MR. JUSTICE WILLIAMS.—WO hear that Mr. Justice Williams still continues seriously ill at Exeter. AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS ON WOMEN.—Accord• ing to an official document lately printed, there were last vcar 13,147 ap3sults on women committed in Engla.nd am: Wales, for which the parties were charged before the magis trates. . LAW INTELLIGENCE.---This Day, SHERIFF'S COURT. THE COMP E NSATION MANIA,---SINGULAR POINT IN LAW OF EJECTMENT.-MEACOCK Y. MOKLER , This Was a writ of ejectment in which the plaintiff sought to recover possession of certain premises, Mr Kemp (instructed by Mr T. Beard) appearing for defendant. Plaintiff formally proved that defendant had been a tenant paying a weekly rentai, and that due notice to quit had been given, Mr Kemp inquired if there had no,` , been en agreement Plaintiff—Yes, but it has expired. His Honour directed plaintiff to prothice t, and it was found to be unstaraped, bat the terms were s letting for a twelvemonth, the rent to be paid weekly, and plaintiff said there was no other agreement in existence. Mr Kemp then urged that if defendtint bad occlipled under this agreement and continued occupation without any further agreement, the terms ci the present tenancy mast be governed by the previous contract. Hisllonour said that the agreement was =stamped, and he could not look at it, but he was inclined to think that where the rent was paid weekly the usual notice would be sufficient. lic.mp was anxious to have a case for the Court abova. The point was of importance and might affect the rights of defendant. It would seem that these premises were repaired by the corporation, and they on ly wanted to get defendant out in order to get fuller compensation for him self. His Honour considered that if defendant was allowed to remain ho wduld probably receive but small compensation as a tenant under a tenant. Mr Kemp urged that defendant vv,ul2 get something, and therefore ought to have the full I , (,l: , _tit of the law. Plaintiff said that the corporation had cettled with him, and he should not be benefi , ed at all in that quarter by d.i fendant's turning out. If the rent was guaranteed defendant could remain. Defendant said that he h,a offered th e re ,.;t [Plaintiff — Alter this action], and that plaintiff had dis;rairad exces sively, for which an action had bsen brought. His Honour ultimately allowed the case to stand over for defendant to stamp the agreement if necessary. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This ray. MARLBOROUGH - STREET. CAUTION TO CAB DRIVERS.—Wm. Henry Jay, pro prietor and driver of cab 11,684, appeared before Mr Tyr• whitt to answer two complaints made by Mr Bernardo Goldshede, of Oakley-square, Camden-tows—th e first of unlawfully refusing to carry him, end the second of ne glecting to deliver a ticket when required to do so . Mr E, Dillon Lewis, from the office of Mr Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the complainant; and a solicitor, whose name did not transpire, for the de fendant. It appears that Mr Goldshede, who is suffering from lameness and walks with a stick, got into the defendant's cab at Oakley-square, Camden-town, and told him to drive to Chelsea. The defendant proceeded on his journey, and when near Bruton-street Mr Goldshede requested him to drive faster. This defendant did for a short distance; but on Mr Goldshede finding the defendant was going out of his way, and was not proceeding by the direct rou t e , he expostulated with him. The defendant then p u ll e d u p in Bruton-street, and refused to carry Mr Goldshede any further, and Mr Goldshede was obliged to walk to Picca dilly before he could get another cab, and through the de fendant's cmiluct nearly lost an important engagement. After hearing the defendant's solicitor, Mr Tyrwhitt fined the defendant 20s. and costs for re fusing to carry Mr Goldshede. _ The complaint of not giving a ticket was then gone into, and it appeared that when the defendant refused to carry Mr Goldshede any further Mr Goldshed3 asked him for a ticket, which for some time he refused, but subsequently gave one which did not tally with the cab number. The defendant's solicitors explained that the defendant was the proprietor of other cabs, and had by mistake brought out the tickets bearing the number of another of his cabs. Mr Tyrwhitt said the defendant was boind to have the proper tickets, but as the one given had found him, he would only fine him ss. and costs. WESTMINSTER. POVERTY AND CRIME.—Mary Gosaney, a m iddl e -aged woman of creditable appearance, was charged with begging. Sergeant Hornblow, 4 B, said that at 5 o'clock yesterday evening he saw the defendant in Eccleston square. She begged of a gentleman. She asked him to relieve her as she was in great distress. She followed and asked him again. She ;had soma iusees in her hand. Witness fol lowed her into High-street, where she met another gentle man, and accosted him, and he gave her a halfpenny. She then followed two other gentlemen, when witness took her into cust.Y. l y. The defendant said she was not a beggar, a fact which the magistrate might satisfy himself of by icquiry of her landlord, who was in attendance. her husband was a cos termonger, but, having caught a severe cold five weeks ago, was affected with so severe a hoarseness that he was unable at present to obtain a living in the streets In order to support her husband and little family of children she had done different little jobs of needlework, and failing to pro cure further employment, thought it better to buy some matches and sell in the street than starve, snd that was all she was doing. Mr Arnold—The officer says you ware begging; you were following different gentlemen. Defendant—To sell my matches. Mr Arnold—The officer says not; you asked a gentle man to relieve you. Defendant —By buying my matches, I meant. Mt Arnold—lf you followed and importuned persons to buy your matches until the y gave of you, it wo uld be be gg in g in anothyeorufoarrePe.nuzettomgeet hearrid your landlord. Thomas Nolte, eize landlord, said the defendant had done needle-work as describol, her husband being so hoarse that he could not hawk his goods. Mr Arnold—What has his hoarseness to do with his hawking his goods ? Witness—He can't holla out, and therefore it's no geed his having goods to sell in the street; and so she's obliged to do the best she can. She made some little things for my wife last week to pay her rent. Mr. ArnoLl said that as defendant did not appear to be a regular beggar he should discharge her, which he did with a caution. THAALES. THE LADIES' CLUB,—Airs Catherine Jones, of No. 5, Th r ee-milt-lane, Bromley , came before Mr Pag et this morn i n g and asked him for a warrant ap inst Mary Ann Condon, the se cretar y of the th e " St a r of the East Total Abstinence Sisters o f Progr , ;ss, Te n t N o . 2," held at Union cottage, Union street, Whitechap i for refusing to pay her 30s and 2a costs, or reinstate her as a m ember. The applicant was a member of the society, which con sisted entirely of women, and was excluded on very insuf ficient grounds. Mr Paget ordered the secretary to reinstate her, or pay her 30s and 2s costs. In default Mrs Condon Mrs Jon es now stated that the soretary would not pay was t to ~ be imprisoned seven days in the House o f Correc tion.h- mon ey or reinstate her as a ~ sis:er," but was very insolent and obs tinate, and said s he would not obe y the magistrate's order, but would go to prison for seven days. There had been a good deal of litigation in the society, and other members had been excluded at the caprice of the secretary. • Mr Paget said the law would be too str. ong for Mrs Condon. He directed a minute of the order to be served on the secretary, and if it was not obeyed a warrant would issue. ROBBERY IN THE LONDON .I)ooR,_Jacob Asser, an elderly man, was brought before Mr Paget, charged with fa;tcheedptrhi prisoner, rs e for 17 years. H a was com i ng out B ,,2aling 11b of raw coffee. The 2risoner is a lab ourer, and in the employ of the London Doi.'; Comp an y a fternoon with th e other l a b ourers, and, on being seare a pound of raw eeffde was f oun d i n his cap by Francis Andu a gatekeeper, Re was as k e d b y of the dock yestC r d a Y b.,; (1 1 a ' s i e d r h v e ic h el ad ati r d ea t l h i; e e:, employed. and he said he the pickedlsigra s t iettkanededppaoerrnt where,NtNo•hhneetrteoaohprearetbot r i he, :a . we r a, long s y n p. ot the test. I t was necessary found the coffee as represented, and made an appeal f or Y had access sh ou ld b e anxiety and distr e ss • I n t r i e m fi re' i e r y g p e v a n a g t l e u h t e e s o a g i f r d o the u v n a l d p u r o s o f wasptehret committed by d o ck peals for m ercy h e that p r o t e p e r t o s di p c . r t y N too casesw hi e h g ahvuonhd him m e d s dail greater l t a h b a o n ur t e h t s e s . e I m t. ' r e li t e e he d was 1 i t t o t 1 e l i s t r e o n b b t e o r i e a s p p should encourage theft. He sentenced the prisoner to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. were gathering nuts froin the TWO MgN BieoWNEDNyiiliam I n N ya T n } :E na S il E e Y r, Eß ag N e .— d 0 45 n . fi the y. b Severn, e r s a n d near v. e, r t y o got into a coracle, a navigated the o s a o t m u e sed tim by e they and n •l d o a h y n . e V: Te il n li i a n in g :, aged 18, b s iLh ew es st w u h r i y ch , fo o t s:e w rh hi a e l h , g ptuhrepobsaenkths they y f coracle safely, but one of the men was seen to grasp dkiiflindcuolftsmtoa'mt tub-shaped boat sud denly at a bush v,hick was thickly covered with nuts, and the sudden jerk overbalance d the frai l craft, and both men were immersed in the water. Oa coming to the surface one was seen to seize hold of the other, when they both sank and rose no more. The bodies were soon recovered. Ryan has left a Nvjfe and six children, and Williams is the third member of his family who has met a violent death. [A DV ERTISEMENT.]--HolloWay ' S .Ville.—Enjoyment of Lite.—When the blood is pure, its circulation pert ec, and the nerves in good order, we are well. These pills possess a marvellous power in securing these great secrets of health by purifying, regulating, and strengthening the fluids and solids. Holloway's pills c,,n be confilently recommended to all persons suffering from disordered digestion, or worried by nervous fancies or neuralgic pains. They correct ac idity and heartburn, dispel sick headache, quicken the action of she liver, and act as alteratives and gentle aperients, The weak and delicate take them without fear. Holloway's pills are eminently servicfatile to invalids of irritable con ' •stitation, as they raise the action of every organ to its natu rid standard, and universally exercise a calming and 6 - tt.- dye influence, DISTURBANCES IN GENEVA, BERNE, AUGUsT 23. Disturbanas have broken out in Geneva, barri cad, s have bEen erf cfed a -id blood shed. The Government of the Canton, being unable to re-establish order, called for Federal intervention. The Federal Ccuncil thereupon seat M. Fornerod as special commissioner to the scene of the out break. He has entered Geneva with a battalion of LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening, WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, AUG. 23. Sth R?gimcnt of Hussars—Cornet William Henry Field to be Inspector of Musketry, vice Lieut. Edward Pulleyne, who has exchanged into the 18th fitisars. 12th Lancers—the Hon. Edward Ignatius Joseph Arun• dell to be Cornet, by purchase, vice John Mundy powdeswell, promoted. 14th Hussars—Licut. Henry Bradley to be Captain, by circnase, vice Robert Mather, who retires—Cornet Fr4n ci, , ,, Shin!. y Russt:ll to be Lieutenant, by Purchase, vies 2. a dky—:Photnas Alien Henry, Cent., to be Cornet, vice Russell. by put el., %Se, 21st Hussars -Cok,tain Edmund Armitage Hardy , on ap • Gazette of the 20th September, 1362, point meat in .!.!te hould have been d.„ 2 ,2ribed as a Brevet-Major. s h Military Train—Captain ;..")n Smith, from half-pay late Land Transport Ccrps, to 1 Captain, vice Charles Tur ville Wilson, who retires non, temporary half-pay. ros , s Alexander, Gent., to C o ld s t r eam Guards—Caledon .Ta be Ensign and Lieutenant, by p ,;rchase, vice Charles Napier il'Murdo, who retires. William King to 10th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Arthur be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George Henry Stace, who retires —Ensign Edwin Reddirg, fru th the 31st Foot, to be Ensign. vice Osborne, who ext..hanges— Eustace Beaumont Burnaby, Gent., to be Ens;ja by purchase, vice King. 14th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Gerald James Paterson, Cron: the Rcyal Military Collage, to be ,Ensign, without pur chase, vice Lingwood, transferred to the 18th Foot. 15th Foot—Lieutenant John Hely, from the S7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Moore, who exchanges—Ensign Henry Evan Pateshall Thomas to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Samuel Adams, who retires Simon Anthony Dodd, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Themes. 16th Foot—Ensign Alfred Pole Lingwood, from the 14th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Walter Henry Christie, trans ferred to the 106th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Alexander John Darby, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign without_ purchase, vice George Griffiths, pro moted. 17th Foot—Ensign William Lonsdale to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Alexander McNeil Caird, who retires— James Douglas Stewart, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Lansdale. 24th Foot—Richard Rye Corcor, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thomas Harris, transferred to the 66th Foot. 26th Foot—Frederick Samuel Alexander, Gent , to bo En sign, by purchase, vice William Everett, transferred to the 33d Foot. 31st Foot—Ensign John Spencer Follett Osborne, from the 10th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Redding, who ex changes. 33d Foot—Lieutenant John Henry Campbell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Buxton Martin Kenrick, who retires— Ensign Francis Wilmot to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Campbell—Ensign William Everett, from the 26th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Wilmot. 37th Foot—Ensign Richard Henry Rosser to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Robert Anderson, who retires— Gentleman Cadet William Charles Goslin, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rosser. 38th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Walker to be Captain, without purchase, vice George William Frederick Snell, deceased—Ensign John Smyth Nelson to be Lieutenant, withcut purchase, vice Walker. 41st Foot—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Richard Bate, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Augustus Grimble, who retires. 46th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Benjamin Coles Speke to be Captain, by purchase, vice Henry Fuller Sandwich, who retires—Ensign Alexander Knox Bialcolmson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, v:ce Speke—Henry Horatio Newman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mal- colmson. 62d Foot—Ensign Walter Andrew Corbett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Joshua Rowan, who retires— Gentleman Cadet Henry James Ferris, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purohase,vice Corbett. 63d Foot—Lieut. William Grogan Graves to be Captain, by purchase, vice:Lloyd Henry Thomas, who retires —Ensi g n Morris .dharles Smith to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Graves—Richard Cafr Francis Burton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Smith. 66th Foot—Lieut. Wm. Trevelyan Hody Cox to be Captain, by purchase, vice Frederick Hugh Irwin Day,who retires —Ensign Thomas Kelly to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cox—Ensign Thomas Harris, from the 24th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Kelly. 76th Foot—Lieut. Edmund Austin to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut. John M'Deroaid Allardice, who has resigned the appointment. S4th Foot—Ensign Walter Selby Cookson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William Frank Wheatley, who retires ; the Hon. Beauchamp Moubray St. John to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cookson. 87th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Alexander Moore, from the 15th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Holy, who exchanges. 98th Foot—Quartermaster Alexander McGregor, Irom half pay late Depot Battalion, to be Quartermaster, vice Wil liam Walsh, who retires upon halt-nay. 100th Foot—Lieutenant George Upton Prior to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas John Francis, promoted to an Unattached Majority, by purchase; Ensign Gcorge Pep per Lowry to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Prior; Albert Merritt, Geut., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lowry. 101st Foot—Lieutenant Francis David Millen Brown to be Captain, vice Robert John Fayrer Hickey, who retires on pension; Ensign Reginald liewes Allott Quinet to be Lieutenant, vice Brown. 106th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Redfearn Burnett to be Captain, vice George 'Washington "Wilmot, deceased; Ensign Arthur Percival Hancock to be Lieutenant, vice Burnett; Ensign Walter Henry Christie, irc m the 16th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hancock. 107th Foot—Frederic George Furlong Moore, Gent., late Lieutenant Bth Foot, to be Paymaster, vice P. B. Gibson, deceased—Lieutenant Malcolm M'Neill Rind to be In structor of Musketry. Rifle Brigade—Lieut. Wm. Henry Deedes to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stewart S. Windham, who retires — Ensign the Hon. Charles North to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Deedee—Lord George Francis Hamilton to be Ensign, by purchase, vice the Hon. Chas. North. 2d West India Itegiment—Terence Michael Dolan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Beaufort H, Vidal, pro moted. sth West India Regiment.--Ensign Thomas Storrar Smith to be Lieutenant, without pu VETrchase. B RE . The honorary rank of Lieut. Colonel conferred on Capt. and Brevet Major G. J. Stephen, Bengal Infantry, in the Gazette of April 27, 1860, has been cancelled, that ctlicer not hay ng retired on full pay, Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, John Nowlan, 50th Foot, to hav e the honorar y rank of ajor. Fay rnester, with the honerery rank of Captain, Thomas Smith, 37th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major. Capt. Robert John Fayrer Hickey, who retires from the 101st Foot, on pension, to have the honorary rank of Major. The following promotions to take place, consequent on the death of Lieutenant-General Sir John Rowland Ens tace, on the 7th August, 1864, and of General Sir James Henry Reynett. K.C,8., Colonel of the 48th Foot, on the 9th ,August, 1864 : Lieutenan t -General Sir James Frederick Love, K.C.8., Colonel of the 57th Foot, to be General. Major General Henry Dive Townahend, Colonel of the 25th Foot, to he Lieutenant. General. Major-Gene ral Thomas 'Wright, C. 8., Colonel of the 30th Foot, to be Lieutenant-General. Brevet -Colonel John Maxwell Pereeial, C. 8., from Lieutenant-Colonel, half-pay, late 12th Foot, to be Major- General. Brevet -Colonel Henry William Stisted, C. 8., from Lieu tenant-Colonel 933 Foot, to be Major-General. Major George Harrington Hawes, 9th Foot, to be Lieu tenant-Colonel. major Frederick George Thomas Deshon, Depot Batta lion, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Charles Neville Lovell, Royal Artillery, to be Mvjor , captain Charles Van Notten P ole, Ca p e Mounted Rifle men, to be Major. The un dermentioned Officers having completed the qu a . iieying service in the rank of Lieutenant-C "Wolonel, to be Colonels, un der the provisions of the Royal arrant of 14th October, 1858 : Lieut.-Colonel William Drysdale, C. 8., 9th Lancers. Li e ut.-Colonel John Richard Anderson, C.B, Royal Artillery. Th e undermentioned prometiens to take place in her Majes ty's Indian Forces, consequent on the death of Lieate General Hugh Ross, of the Madras Infantry, on the 24th June, 1861 : Major-General Joseph Gamault, Madras Infantry, to be Lieutenant -General. Colonel John Welehman, C,8., Bengal Infantry, to be Major- General. The undermentioned officers who have retired upon full pa y to have a step of honorary rank, as follows : Lieut.-Colonel Michie Forbes Gordon, Bombay Staff Corps, to be Colonel. Lieutenant -Colonel Alaric Robertson, Madras Staff Corp s , ,„ be Colonel. • Edward M'Cuilock, Bo mba y Infantr y , to be Lieu 3ID;°F 1. an'olone tene_ e • ~.erchtbald Hamilton Campbe ll, Ben g al S taff Maj or. ke , to b e eeu„enent-oioneol • Corps, be e ors Randolph Night i ng ale, Ben g al St aff Major ' ant-Colonel. Corps, tobe Lieute Deputy InspectoreGenera.l of Hospitals William Thom sen, Bengal Estabiiseemene to be Inspector General of Hosp r geon-Major Thome* itals. Watkins Wilson, Bengal Estab lishment, to be D e p ut y Su Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals. ADMIRALTY AUG. 22. Mr Joseph Mears has been alis day appointed an engi neer qualified for special charge. BANKRUPT S:4 The following are the only bankrupts of commercial ha. ortance in the G a zette : Alfred Tubby, oilman, Islington William Ramsey, jeweller, Clerkenwell William Parry, tile merchant, Deptford Thomas Merrett, grocer, Aldeishot Joseph Potter, wheelwright, Worcester William Ellwood, butcher, Silloth Hugh Main Miller, commission agent, St Mary-at-Hill Thomas Field, general dealer, Broad-court, Clerkenwell Charles W. Nicholls, ale brewer, Manchester Enos Brown, grocer, Earl Shilton, Leice.stershire James Hill, Neilsen, Somersetshire Charles Howell, 'slate dealer, Liverpool W illi am Pritchard , builder, Everton, Lancashire William Evans, perambulator frame makers, Birmingham Richard Kemeley, fruiterer. Borden, Sittingbourno George B Lloyd, attorney's clerk, Plumsteed William Beach. farmer, Cane Abbas, Dorsetshirc John Woolacott, draper, Barnstaple William Jones, victualler, Carmarthen William Baker. clerk, Croydon Charles Warburton, clerk, Marlborough-road BANKRUPCY ANNULLED. Thomas M. SCOTCH hes nt lßANKßeman, Shrew UPTS.sbury John Forrest and Co., brewers, Dunbar Wm Lyon, farmer, Oldtoid, Peterculter AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA 4 , (From the Special Correspondat of the limes.) HAMBURG, Aug. 21. There are great rejoicings in Germany about the forthcoming interview between the King of Prussia and the Emperor of Austria. "The visit of the King of Prussia to Vienna," say the papers, "is an event of the highest significance, as setting forth. the glorious results of the union between the two Powers, and as strengthenin g the conviction, which. is rapidly gaining tgrounct every where, even in Prussia, that this union constitutes the most Solid security for the peace of Europe and for the inde pendence of Germany." I have never forgotten the shrewd z..naarli of an old French diplomatist at Frankrort, atths tirn , !. that Austri;,n and PruSsi.ln battalions were on the very point of turning their bayon,Ets against each other'i, breasts at the cb'ae of the convulsions of ISIB. "Da not let all the din of arms disturb you," Ile said, "it is as impossible for Austria and Pra&ii,, ever seriously to fall out as to coma to a real cordial understanding. Their mutual jealousy is too s:rong for friendship, bat their fear is too great for enmity." The position of 1848 is not materially altered in 1864. Thep as now Prussia was as near the attain ment of absolute supremacy, or at least political leadership (hegenzonie), in GermanY as circumstances could ever bring her. Then as now she quailed be fore extreme measures which could bring her into collision with Austria, and sued for that cntente cordiale with the emulous Power which alone can " give Uermany union and independence.". If a rendezvous between the two Sovereigns or a conversation between the two Ministers can lead tc any plausible settlement of the Schleswig-Holstein business, but little, if any, opposition need be ap prehended on the part either of the Bund or of the minor Powers, either of the people of the Duchies, or of the German nation at large. It does not seem likely that, with the consent of Austria, Prussia can work out her intent of en absolute and immediate annexation of Schleswig-Holstein and Lanenburg to her monarchy. M. de Bismark must have seen the impracticability of that undertaking, and must be ready to abandon it. We shall therefore, in all probability, have the thirty-seventh German State a new member of the Confederacy, consisting not only of Holstein and Lauenburg, which already belonged to it, but also of Schleswig, which must be embodied with it by virtue of the " in dissoluble bond which makes it one with Hol stein." By relinquishing her hopes of ter ritorial acquisitiol, Prussia will all the more strenuously insist upon the extension of her pro. tectorate over the helpless new Duchy; she will retain all its military and naval power in her hands, and sho will so far exercise tho high police over the new community as to prevent its becoming the fccus of German discontent, the trysting place of all plotters and adventurers. Only in this sense can we interpret the assurance given by semi-official organs that the intervtew between the two Monarchs of Prussia and Austria will secure "the peace of Earcpe and the indepen dence of Germany." I believe the saying of my French friend may be in so far modified, that those two Powers can never be cordially united, except for some evil purpose. They were !oierably unani mous in February last, when they conspired to gether to the spoliation of an inoffensive neighbour ; but their object was then not so much to strip Den mark of two or three of her provinces, as to place themselves at the head of the great national move ment in Germany, whose aspirations were centred in Schleswig-Holstein, and so to gain the mastery over it as completely to frustrate and crush it. Thanks to the daring and cunning of the Austro- Prussian statesmen, and especially of M. von Bis mark, the plan has thriven beyond their most sanguine expectations. Austria and Prussia are masters of the situation, and so long as they keep together there is an end not only of the Bund and the minor States, but also of the national aspirations of the unity of the great Fatherland. There is no doubt but Austria and Prussia (more especially the latter) have well divined the ten dencies of public opinion in this country ; they have known how to stoop to co - quer it ; they have by turns humoured it and snubbed it, so as finally to stultify and nullify it. When n!1 has been said that may be said it is difficult to know what the German people really want; difficu,lt for the Germans themselves even more than for anybody else. Both the • Italian and the German nations aspired to unity; but in Italy unity was a pri mary condition of independent existence. That country was striving to shake off the yoke of a preponderant fordgn Power; all her combined efforts were ecirely sufficient to gain her the mastery over her destinies, and to maintain it. But Germany, although not altogether safe from invasion, has never been permanently subjected to foreign occupation. Perfectly secure from abreacl, she is thoroughly at liberty to settle her internal concerns at her own pleasure. Her sovereigns are only strong by the consent of the people. They are utterly at the mercy of popular opinion. What- , ever Germany really wills is not to be withstood either by Austria or Prussia, by the minor kinglets and princes, or by the Band; it is not to be gain said by Europe. Somehow, one would feel incline to think that, as Germany is not, like Italy, in a condition to live by unity, so she has no real inclination, no settled wish for it. A Gothic minster, or a quaint medoeval town hall with many gables, turrets, and pinnacles, would seem to be an edifice more in unison with the German, mind, more in keeping with a German sky and land, than a symmetrical Grecian temple or a Palladian palace. Look wherever you list, you find in Germany a strong conservative veneration for whatever is ; a most praiseworthy dread of levelling innovation; a hankering tenderness, also, for all that is individual, municipal, and local. 1 am somewhat convinced that whatever amount of unity the German people deemed to be good for themselves was never, could never be permanently withheld from them. So far as the Germans them selves have been willing to go, their Governments have invariably been fain to follow. But a love for the quaint, the grotesque, and the brusque seems to be innate in the German mind. What tyrant force or sovereign caprice, for instance, con• spires to keep up half-a-score of post-offices in these Free Cities of Hamburg and Lubeck P When ever you wish to send a letter or a telegram, you must !inow whether you should apply at the Hano verian, the Swedish, the Danish, the Prussian, the Thurn, and Taxis, or any other office. All these postal establishments are in separate locali ties, keep different hours, and have a variety of special regulations; a stranger is easily distracted among.them nil : but to the merchants and ur gesses of these towns the arrangement seems the most natural and plausible in the world. Again, look at their currency ! Surely all this medley of Prussian thaler and reichsthaler,these courant marks and bank marks, these real coins, nominal coins, and ideal coins, this prodigious variety of fractions and multiples, are not the offspring of ruthless ab solutism. It is not in Austria or in Prussia that a handful of money presents the most puzzling va riety of shillings, gro , :chen, silbergroschen, kreutzsr, pfennig, &c., such a mixture of dirty, smooth-worn, undecipherable, neither silver nor copper pieces. It is in these free towns especially that the amps from the mints of all ages and countries keep their perpetual sabbath. A luckless traveller is bewil dered by the change till he chooses to be fleeced rather than plagued ; but the natives find it all well as it is; and if you ask when Germany is going to establish a unity of coinage you are answered by the rogue who chuckled at your perplexity and profited by it, "Aii I when, indeed !" Such unity as the majority of the Germans deemed conducive to their adeantege they know how to ask for. They never rested tilt they ob!eined it. There is a custom league w hich secures an almost comp'ote free commercial intercourse between all the Sates, with only two exceptions—Austria, who Felns now bent to bring herself and all her note-Chr man peovinca into the union, and these Hanseatic c i t i es . It is (specially in these " flee" towns that all attempts at German unification are most strenu ously resisted. Talk to a Hamburger about the r easonnbleness of foregoing the advantages of his Porto-Franco for tie common good of German tradiog uaity, .41 , 1 4 will answer th a t 61e, of his city into the Zollverein would bring about the total ruin of his Freystaat. There was a time in which, whether obeying a spontaneous inclia nation, or yielding to popular pressure, the chief German Governments combined to bring about such a social order as would give the country all the mental and material advantages of a compact come munity. The establishment of a common copy. right provided not only for literary unity, but also for an almost absolute free dom of the press, inasmuch as the publication s that were allowed in any single State practic illy acquired the right of unirnped7d circulatio a throughout all the others. This literary league ought easily to have led to a united system (if education; but the local restraints against the fr te exercise of the learned and liberal professions is , io groat that, for instance, a Prussian cannot ho graduated at Berlin or' Born, unless ho has studied at least for two years in one of these universi ;ice ; a Saxon roust eat his two years' term at Leipsio, &.1. Those States who have no academical institutions of their own, es, for instamc,?, the city of Lubeck, must come to some arrangement with one of their neigh.. hours; but, even in that case, the dread of assirni. lation of rights and interests is so great, that a Lubecker who studies at Berlin is not admitted to the free exercise of his profession in any part of Prussia, but is only graduated for Lubeck. No one will tell me thatthese inconvenienc es could not b e d one away with on the slightest sainti mation . to that effect by the Eeund part of the population of the different States ; but the men who htranP g ec e: U Pr r e it s i u es mi a n r g e v to ery des ta cr u i c h h e astonished at outt anyuc them as evils. They telt You that the beauty, as well as the happiness of Germany, consists in the utmost development given to all local talents and energies by separate institutions; they y are always ready to denounce the evils of centrali sat i on , and point to England or France as instances of countries where a great centre like London or Paris absorbs all intellectual light no lees than all material prosperity, leaving all the cirea taiecenc , in darkness and misery. There may be some truth in what they urge, and there were men in Italy who equally trembled for the fate of such minor centres as Florence, Parma, Bologna, Naples, &c., when the project of establishing the seat of government for the whole Peninsula at Turin or Rome was first entertained. But, in the first place, it is true union or even unity is alto gether incompatible with decentralization; it is not true that in England the capital has so utterly killed the provinces as it has in France; neither is it quite true that in Italy local well-being has been or will be sacrificed to the general welfare ; but, were it even so, it would always be a choice between two evils, and little would it profit the people of this country to have achieved the rain of Danmark if they are so far as yet from obtaining a victory over thera selves, over their uarrow local predilections; if „he real object nearest to their heart was and is not to create one Germany, but to add more to the six. and-thirty Germanies already in existence. The unity to which the Germans are said to aspire has been hitherto powerful enough for the injury of their neighbours, but it remains to be proved whether, even in their own judgment, it can work out any real good for themselves. SECOND EDITION. bUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCES--This Day YORK RACES—Tins DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH:) FILLY SAPLING STAKES. Siberia PhyseHs hay Brioche Four ran. LONDESBOHOUGH CUP. ' Stirup Cup - Queen of Trumps Skylark Thirteen ran, PRINCE OF WALES' STAKES, Gentran Wings of the Wind Jupiter Six ran. RA WCLIFFE STAKES. Peeress East Lynn Approver Five ran. GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. Raglan .. Nemo Despair 11. 3 Eight ran. RACING FIXTU. [RES FOR 1864. York August Plymouth Lichfield 029 SEPT; Devon and Exeter •• • • 30 Srocktcn 3O Derby Weymouth 1 Baden-Baden .... 1 Warwick September 6 Bridgwater 8 Leicester Doncaster Brecon Richmond Royal Caledonian Hunt 21 Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn Newmarket First October 27 113 ER Bedford Edinburgh and Lothians C1ub....... Nswmarket Second Oct lO Lincoln Kelso Gloucester Newmarket Houg on 2l SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Aug. 24. Wind at noon, N,W., strong breeze, and cloudy. CLYDE, Aug. 23.—Arrived—Cuban, from 'Matanzas. Sailed—Marchmont, for Quebec. SHIELDS, Aug. 23.—Arrived—Mar, from Boston— Adolphus, from Bilboa. "(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 23—Omar Pasha. from Kragoe. Arrived, Aug. 24—Gebroeders Visser, from Amsteriam, Sailed, Aug. 24—Sir R. Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk-- Belgium, steamer, for Ostend. DELL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Murillo, screw steamer, from Seville—Latons screw steamer, from Palermo—H e lt on Ch a yt or , acr e; steamer, from the West—gall for London—Ballarat, from London, for Wellington. Anchored—Pelham, from the West for the North. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 23 per mile pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of E:1 17s. loid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 3-ltths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. . The eourse of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 28, per cent., and the premium on gold is 157 percent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold fro tII United States. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. The market steady, and sales will probably not exceed 4,000 or 5,000 bales. A RAILWAY INCIDENT. —The Duke of B-- was travelling by rail last week, and the sole occupant of a first-class carriage, when at an intervening station another passenger got in in a hurry. No soonsr did he perceive that there was but one passenger in the carriage than he called out pretty lustily, " Guard, guard, let me out I" The train, however, started immediately, and the s t ra nger dropped into his seat, looking exceedingly nervous, and ventured at length to say, " It's rather an awkward thing travelling with only one man now-a-days." The duke, whose frank and open countenance might satisfy the most suspicious, appreciated the joke, but did not tale the advantage of it he fairly might, and replied good naturedly, " Well, if you are not afraid of me I am not afraid of you." PEARL FISHING IN SCOTLAND.—IO consequence of the long-continued drcaght, the Earn has been in a remarkably low state the whole summer, which has enabled persons to prorecute pearl fishing with considerable success. At Innerpeffray and Colquhaizie pearls abound intbe river and this sea son a good Lumber have been found, ranging in value from £1 to £ 2. A few d a ys ago a young man discovered a pearl which has been pronounced to be RAILWAY COMMUNICATION worth Ls.—Scatsma ff , IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT.—TIIO first section of the railway from Ryde to Shanklin was opened for passenger traffic yester day. Eleven trains aro to run each way on week days, and two trains each wa y on Sundays. Coaches and omnibuses, under the management of the company, will complete the communication between Ventror and the Shanklin station until the second section of the line from Shanklin to Vent nor is opened. The completion of this last work has been \ dcla t y n e a d ne o l win g g to the difficulties whiel.- lave been met with in tunnelling through the high range of downs north of Ventn9r. UST. AUG :DER. OCT